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mezzotinto

mezzotinto is the dated form of mezzotint.

Meaning of mezzotint

Noun

mezzotint (plural mezzotints)

  1. A form of intaglio etching in which a metal plate is roughened evenly and then smoothed to bring out an image.
  2. An etching or print made using this method.

See all 3 meanings of mezzotint

Forms of mezzotinto

Noun
pluralmezzotintos
pluralmezzotintoes
Verb
third-person singular presentmezzotintos
present participlemezzotintoing
past participlemezzotintoed
pastmezzotintoed

Questions about mezzotinto

What is mezzotinto the dated form of?
Mezzotinto is the dated form of mezzotint.

Words near mezzotinto in the dictionary

  1. mezzotinter
  2. mezzotinters
  3. mezzotinting
  4. mezzotintist
  5. mezzotintists
  6. mezzotinto
  7. mezzotintoed
  8. mezzotintoes
  9. mezzotintoing
  10. mezzotintos
  11. mezzotints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mezzotinto (page history and authors); mezzotint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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